Tag Archives: mushroom

01.13.2020 Mushroom Monday

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Just a lovely oyster mushroom in Quabbin. It was misting yesterday morning and I thought it was worth getting out and seeing whatever I could see. Well, it rained fairly hard for a short time and things got pretty wet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged fungus, late fall oyster mushroom, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, New Salem, Oyster Mushroom, Panellus serotinus, Quabbin, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

11.21.2019 OY! It’s an oyster.

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Oyster Mushroom, that is. A couple from the archives. Oddly, I’ve shot oyster mushrooms-Pleurotus ostreatus many times but haven’t shared them on the blog.

Posted in Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged fungus, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 25 Comments

11.17.2019 The once and future maple

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Steve Gingold

A forest floor intimate from Acadia N.P.

Posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Fungi, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Mushrooms, National Parks, Nature Photography | Tagged Acadia National Park, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, forest floor, fungus, intimate landscape, landscape, Maine, mushroom, New England, red leaves | 21 Comments

09.21.2019 Cluck, cluck, cluck

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Last September I came a cross a log that had several of these beautiful Chicken of the Woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus). Although I don’t forage this was tempting as they are known to be delicious. I left it where I … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged chicken of the woods, fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, mushroom, polypore | 10 Comments

07.02.2019 Two+ from West Branch of Fever Brook Pond

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Partridge berries make nice ground cover and, of course, keep partridges fat and happy. One of these days I’ll get a shot of the berries but for now this pair of flowers (they are always in pairs) will do. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Fungi, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged Amanita, flora, fungus, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Mitchella repens, mushroom, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin wildflowers, western massachusetts, Wildflowers, Women's Federated Clubs State Forest | 14 Comments

06.06.2019 Bursting forth

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Amidst all the green, burnt orange beckoned at the roadside.

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography | Tagged abstract, Cerioporus squamosus, Dryad's Saddle, fungus, mushroom, mushroom cap | 14 Comments

09.26.2018 Three Edibles

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Steve Gingold

I don’t forage, so these had nothing to fear from me and I wasn’t going to deprive all those spores of their destinies. But there are a few mushrooms that are unmistakable even to a layperson like me. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, chicken of the woods, fungus, Gem-studded Puffball, Laccaria ochropurpurea, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lycoperdon perlatum, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Purple-gilled Laccaria, Quabbin, western massachusetts | 24 Comments

08.23.2018 Here you go, Andrew…a waterfall and a mushroom

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Steve Gingold

This past Sunday I visited Bear’s Den to see how the waterfall was doing. It was doing very well. Lots and lots of water. (I posted a tannin colored cascade from here the other day) And there was also an … Continue reading →

Posted in Fungi, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Amanita muscaria, Bear's Den Waterfall, fungus, landscape, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, New England Waterfalls, New Salem, The Trustees of Reservations, water, waterfall, western massachusetts | 17 Comments

08.21.2018 Coral-pink Merulius

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Steve Gingold

After two shots of froggie yesterday, he hopped under a log. When I hopped over the log to see if I could see him I saw this instead. Phlebia incarnata. There were several groups of these along the log but … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Coral-pink Merulius, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Phlebia incarnata, western massachusetts | 14 Comments

08.12.2018 Amanita…do not eat a

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Steve Gingold

The Blusher (Amanita rubescens) is variable in appearance. Supposedly edible if properly prepared (like a pufferfish), but as I suggest in the title, I wouldn’t take a chance on any Amanita.

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Nature Photography | Tagged Amanita, Amanita rubescens, Amherst, fingi, fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, The Blusher mushroom, western massachusetts | 24 Comments